Mounting Android Tablet

[Jeffrey Gray]

Hell, if you live in Tulsa, Oklahoma USA you can play with mine as
this has been a burning issue in my book!  On mine I could not even
get it to mount correctly in windows and had to use Kies to transfer
to and from it.



On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:43 AM, Swapnil Bhartiya
<swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 02/01/2012 01:34 PM, Jared Norris wrote:
>>
>> On 1 February 2012 21:44, Swapnil Bhartiya<swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com>
>>  wrote:
>>>
>>> On 02/01/2012 12:41 PM, DEF wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 1, 2012 11:54 AM, "Swapnil Bhartiya"<swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com>>  wrote:
>>>>  >
>>>>  >  On 02/01/2012 11:45 AM, DEF wrote:
>>>>  >>
>>>>  >>
>>>>  >>  On Feb 1, 2012 10:31 AM, "Swapnil Bhartiya"
>>>> <swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com<mailto:swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com>
>>>>  >>  <mailto:swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> <mailto:swapnil.bhartiya at gmail.com>>>  wrote:
>>>>  >>  >
>>>>  >>  >  Hi,
>>>>  >>  >
>>>>  >>  >  I have Samsung Galaxy 10.1 tablet and I can't mount it on my
>>>> Ubuntu
>>>>  >>  system. When I connect it, all I see is a folder with numbers like
>>>> 0000.
>>>>  >>  There is no content in these folders. I did file a bug report with
>>>> gMPTP
>>>>  >>  project but no progress as such. Is there any way to easily mount
>>>> my
>>>>  >>  tablet to Ubuntu and transfer data -- some of my users are also
>>>> facing
>>>>  >>  the similar problem.
>>>>  >>  >
>>>>  >>
>>>>  >>  Yes.
>>>>  >>  First on your galaxy tablet: Settings -->  Wireless and network -->
>>>>  USB
>>>>  >>  settings(Set USB cconnection) -->  Mass storage.
>>>>  >
>>>>  >
>>>>  >  Galaxy 10.1 doesn't have the USB mount option.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Android 3.2
>>>
>>> Swapnil
>>>
>>>>
>>>> Which software version is it using.?
>>>>
>>>> My Nexus S which runs on Android 4.0 has this option. Galaxy is using
>>>> MTP protocol which doesn't allow it to mount as USB storage device. I
>>>> can mount it on Windows though, but I don't use Windows. So, Ubuntu
>>>> should be able to mount as well.
>>>>  >
>>>>  >  Thanks.
>>>>  >
>>>>  >
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>>
>> I don't own one so can't test it but there appears to be 2 methods
>> that generally work for most people I've seen in a quick online
>> search.
>
>
> Tried both methods, none worked. mtp has some bugs and I filed the bug
> reports but no progress so far.
>
>
>>
>> 1 - Install MTP - "sudo apt-get install mtp-tools" - a lot of users
>> advise this works and allows them to mount the device.
>> 2 - Change the device to turn USB debugging on. This reportedly makes
>> it function as a mass storage device.
>>
>> Short of getting my hands on one, which doesn't appear likely, let us
>> know those 2 options go.
>
>
> If you live in Brussels you can play with my Tablet ;-)
>
> Swapnil
>
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